‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen Is Hollywood’s Perfect Breakout Star for 2017

With two blockbusters on deck including the “Star Wars” standalone movie, “the impact is hitting me now,” Hong Kong action star tells TheWrap

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Donnie Yen pushed two of the fastest hands in the world into wet cement outside of the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on a cold November morning, becoming the 298th person since 1927 to have his prints immortalized alongside some of the biggest names in show business.

But Yen, who stars as blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe in Disney’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” can still stand on Hollywood Boulevard and get the type of curious looks passersby give when they know they’re looking at someone famous but can’t quite place the face — although that probably won’t be the case much longer.

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